
Likewise Psychonauts 2 and Wasteland 3 were crowd funded indie games, and their crowd funding campaigns had promised a PS4 release, so Xbox couldn't cancel the PS4 version without opening themselves up to a possible class action lawsuit.īut overall I agree, it's time for Phil to take off the kid gloves and drop the whole nice guy image, I don't really see where the nice guy routine is getting him anywhere, regulators are still being dicks with the ABK acquisition, Sony are still being dicks by hatting games off of Xbox left and right and trying to undermine Xbox at every possible turn, Nintendo are still being dicks by not putting any of their 1st or 2nd party games onto Xbox even though Xbox gives them some of their 1st and 2nd party games (like Ori, Goldeneye remaster, and more).

Outer Worlds was published by Take-Two's Private Division label, they would have contracted out Obsidian for a release on Xbox, PC, and PS4, so they couldn't break contract. Not much they could do with those, contracts.

He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. Redfall will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass on May 2.Ī life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. Microsoft Gaming CEO did say the acquisition is about "delivering great exclusives."

Microsoft did state when it acquired ZeniMax it would support any contractual obligations and games that already exist on other platforms. It should be noted the game was never officially announced for the PlayStation 5. "Game Pass has a ton of players, it could become our biggest game thanks to 30 million, where I can't remember the exact number, of subscribers." The game launching day one on Xbox Game Pass does mean it has the potential to be Arkane's biggest game to date. " support Game Pass and have one less platform to worry about, one less complexity." "It's not very serious, it's even a good decision I think," he said. He does believe this move was not serious and was a good decision as it means one less platform to have to support. "They came in and they said 'No PlayStation 5, we’re focusing on Xbox, PC and the Game Pass.'"

"We were acquired by Microsoft and it was a change with capital C," said Smith via Google Translate. Redfall Game Director Harvey Smith in an interview with IGN France revealed the game was at one point in development for the PlayStation 5, but once the studio was acquired by Microsoft the focus moved to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass. By William D'Angelo, posted on 22 March 2023 / 4,113 Views
